State and Local News

Marion Police say two South Bend men and a Marion woman have been charged in connection with at least four local murders and an armed robbery, and they may be responsible for other unsolved ...Read more

Firefighters from several Grant County fire departments battled a stubborn blaze inside a large barn east of Gas City early today. Firefighters from Mill Township, Gas City, Fairmount, Center ...Read more

A Marion man has been arrested by police in Anderson in connection the killing of an Anderson man last summer. Anderson Police yesterday arrested 30-year-old Ronald Williams Junior of Marion and ...Read more

Unemployment in the area apparently “spiked” in November, but settled down last month according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. After November figures put Howard County near ...Read more

Plans have been finalized for Marion Mayor Jess Alumbaugh’s annual State of the City Address. The Mayor will again deliver the speech to a luncheon meeting of the Marion-Grant County Chamber of ...Read more

The President and C-E-O of the Howard County United Way is now an official candidate for Mayor of Kokomo. Abbie Smith announced yesterday that she will seek the Democratic nomination for Mayor in ...Read more

Republican Jason Skaggs has announced that he’s running for an at-large spot on the Kokomo City Council. Skaggs has been a member of the City Parks Board and the City Plan Commission and has ...Read more

Students at Southside Middle School in Muncie were sent home Tuesday before the school day even started, because of a water line break in the building. Water poured into some of the hallways. It ...Read more

Former Muncie Building Commissioner Craig Nichols pleaded guilty to Wire Fraud and Money Laundering charges yesterday and was sentenced to two years in federal prison as part of a plea ...Read more

St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Marion will celebrate its’ sesquicentennial anniversary this weekend by opening the new Narthex at the church along with other events. The Church’s Development ...Read more